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Connect students to thestoriesof history. Connect students to theexperienceof history. Connect students tosuccessin history.At McGraw-Hill, we have spent the past few years deepening our understanding of the student and instructor experience. Employing a wide array of research tools including surveys, focus groups, and ethnographic studies, we've identified areas in need of improvement to provide an opportunity for greater learning and teaching experiences.Experience Historyis a direct result of this.Experience Historyis also a first in American History. Its groundbreaking adaptive diagnostic and interactive exercises paired with its lively narrative and engaging visuals creates a unique teaching and learning environment propelling greater student success and better course results. Instructors gain better insight into students' engagement and understanding as students develop a base of knowledge and construct critical thinking skills. Gripping stories keep students turning the page while the adaptive diagnostics for each chapter and a personalized study plan for each individual student help students prepare for class discussions and course work while enjoying increased course success.Experience Historyemphasizes that history is not just a collection of proven facts, but is "created" from the detective work of historians examining evidence from the past. Providing the interactive environment that only an integrated solution can provide,Experience Historygives students the opportunity to examine primary sources and explore specific periods and events. This leads to greater understanding as well as the building and practicing of critical thinking skills. As students uniquely experience American History,Experience Historypropels students to greater understanding while achieving greater course success.Give students an experience. Improve course participation and performance.Experience History, and experience success.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. The First Civilizations of North America

An American Story: The Power of a Hidden Past

A Continent of Cultures

A Cultures of Ancient Mexico

Daily Lives: Play Ball

Cultures of the Southwest

Cultures of the Eastern Woodlands

Cultures of the Great Plains

Cultures of the Great Basin

Cultures of the Pacific Northwest

Cultures of the Subarctic and Arctic

Innovations and Limitations

America's Agricultural Gifts

Landscapers

The Shape of a Problem

Historian's Toolbox: An Ancient Calendar

Animals and Illness

Crisis and Transformation

Enduring Cultures

North America on the Eve of Contact

Dueling Documents: How Many People Lived in Hispaniola in 1492?

REVIEW CHART: A CONTINENT OF CULTURES

CONCLUSION: THE WORLD AT LARGE

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE

CHAPTER SUMMARY

ADDITIONAL READING

After the Fact: Historians Reconstruct the Past: Tracking the First Americans

Chapter 2. Old Worlds, New Worlds, 1400-1600

An American Story: Fishing Nets and Far Horizons

Eurasia and Africa in the Fifteenth Century

Europe's Place in the World

Historian's Toolbox: A Witch Bottle

Africa and the Portuguese Wave

Sugar and the Origins of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Spain in the Americas

The Spanish Beachhead in the Caribbean

Daily Lives: "Barbaric Dress"--Indian and European

Conquest of the Aztecs

Dueling Documents: How Did Spaniards and Aztecs Remember First Contact?

The Columbian Exchange

The Crown Steps In

The Search for North America's Indian Empires

Religious Reform Divides Europe

The Teachings of Martin Luther

The Contribution of John Calvin

French Huguenots and the Birth of Spanish Florida

The English Reformation

England's Entry into America

The Ambitions of Gilbert, Raleigh, and Wingina

A Second Roanoke--and Croatoan

REVIEW CHART: EUROPEAN EXPLORATIONS

CONCLUSION: THE WORLD AT LARGE

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE

CHAPTER SUMMARY

ADDITIONAL READING

Chapter 3. Colonization and Conflict in the South, 1600-1750

An American Story: Outlandish Strangers

Spain's North American Colonies

The Founding of a "New" Mexico

The Growth of Spanish Florida

Pope and the Pueblo Revolt

Dueling Documents: What Caused the Pueblo Revolt?

English Society on the Chesapeake

The Virginia Company

Reform and a Boom in Tobacco

The Founding of Maryland and the Renewal of Indian Wars

Changes in English Policy in the Chesapeake

Chesapeake Society in Crisis

Bacon's Rebellion and Coode's Rebellion

From Servitude to Slavery

Africa and the Atlantic Slave Trade

Historian's Toolbox: Hip Mask from Benin

A Changing Chesapeake Society

From the Caribbean to the Carolinas

Paradise Lost

Daily Lives: A Taste for Sugar

The Founding of the Carolinas

Carolina, Florida, and the Southeastern Slave Wars

White, Red, and Black: The Search for Order

The Founding of Georgia

REVIEW CHART: SOUTHERN COLONIES

CONCLUSION: THE WORLD AT LARGE

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TIMELINE

CHAPTER SUMMARY

ADDITIONAL READING

Chapter 4. Colonization and Conflict in the North, 1600-1700

An American Story: Bears on Floating Islands

France in North America

The Origins of New France

New Netherlands, the Iroquois, and the Beaver Wars

The Lure of the Mississippi

Historian's Toolbox: A French Map

The Founding of New England

The Puritan Movement

The Pilgrim Settlement of Plymouth Colony

The Puritan Settlement at Massachusetts Bay

Stability and Order in Early New England

Communities in Conflict

Goodwives and Witches

Daily Lives: A World of Wonders and Witchcraft

Dueling Documents: Accusations and Defenses in the Salem Witchcraft Trials